تَالٍ
Root: تلو
Full Definition
2 التَّالِى The fourth of the ten horses that are started together in a race. (TA voce سُكَّيْت &c., and Ham p. 46.)
3 Also, (Sh, TA voce مِجْدَحٌ,) and تَالِى النَّجْمٍ [meaning The follower of the Pleiades], the star called الدَّبَرَانُ.
4 And تَالِيَاتُ النُّجُومِ The last of the stars; [app. the last that are seen in the morningtwilight;] as also التَّوَالِى. [تَالِيَاتٌ and تَوَال are both pls. of تَالِيَةٌ, fem. of تَالٍ.]
5 التَّوَالِى also signifies The last of women journeying in vehicles upon camels; and in like manner, of camels.
6 Also Hinder parts, posteriors, or rumps: and the hinder parts of horses: or the tail and hind legs. One says, إِنَّهُ لَحَثِيثُ التَّوَالِى and سَرِيعُ التَّوَالِى [app. meaning Verily he is quick in the hind legs]. And the Arabs say, لَيْسَ هَوَادِى الخَيْلِ كَالتَّوَالِى, i. e., The necks of horses are not like their hinder parts.
7 فَالتَّالَياتِ ذِكْرًا [in the Kur xxxvii. 3] means And those angels, or angels and others, that recite the praise of God.
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